Neohaematopinus sciuri Jancke

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A., Ritzi, Christopher M., Beckham, Katy R., Super, Paul E & Oconnor, Barry M., 2007, Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Zootaxa 1392, pp. 31-68 : 34

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.273680
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6243885
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E5278780-FFEE-FFCA-FF3B-5FF3FD19FB12
treatment provided by	Plazi (2016-04-04 21:03:41, last updated 2024-11-26 07:37:28)
scientific name	Neohaematopinus sciuri Jancke
status

Treatment

Ex Sciurus carolinensis (gray squirrel): 1F, TN, Cocke Co., Cosby, 29 May 2001, W. K. Reeves, L2979.

In eastern North America, this louse is a host specific parasite of the gray squirrel ( Kim et al. 1986, Durden & Musser 1994). Durden (1980) found this louse to be abundant on S. carolinensis in central Tennessee but the above record is the first one for the GSMNP. Several genotypes of undescribed Bartonella have been isolated from this louse (Durden et al. 2004).

References

Durden, L. A. (1980) Seasonal abundance of fleas (Siphonaptera) and sucking lice (Anoplura) on gray squirrels, Sciurus carolinensis, in central Tennessee, USA. Journal of Medical Entomology, 17, 483 - 484.

Durden, L. A. & Musser, G. G. 1994. The sucking lice (Insecta, Anoplura) of the world: a taxonomic checklist with records of mammalian hosts and geographical distributions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 218, 1 - 90.

Kim, K. C., Pratt, H. D. & Stojanovich, C. J. (1986) The sucking lice of North America: an illustrated manual for identification. The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park. 241 pp.